J.P. Yadav stars in Central's win

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GOTCHA! Central Zone's Monish Mishra is stumped by South's Thilak Naidu.

Mumbai: Central Zone defeated South Zone by 25 runs in the All Star Series Deodhar Trophy tournament here on Saturday. Central's Jai Prakash Yadav dismissed South's main batsmen. He bagged four wickets for 44 runs.Batting first, Central scored 251 for nine in 50 overs. Shreyas Khanolkar, scored his second half-century in the tournament and Mohammad Kaif made a valuable 58-ball 43.South began the run chase on in earnest with Swapnil Asnodkar facing Rudra Pratap Singh and the nippy Shalabh Srivastava with confidence. But a suicidal attempt for a single removed him from the scene of action when his side was cruising at nine runs an over.
Sweet timing
V.V.S. Laxman was in control of himself and played some delectable shots with sweet timing. But, Yadav's inswinger found a way through Laxman's defence and hit the stumps. Venugopala Rao and S. Badrinath could not resist the temptation and nicked to the keeper and the first slip respectively. To make it a memorable outing on a breezy evening at the Brabourne Stadium, Yadav removed Arjun Yadav to rattle South. Sending down 10 straight overs, Yadav played his part in breaking South's backbone.Khatib Sahabuddin, sent in to make the most of the Power Play phase, lasted only seven balls before Laxman and Rowland put South on course. But Laxman's and Rao's dismissals changed the complexion of the game and swung it in Central's favour. Thilak Naidu and Balchandra Akhil delayed the inevitable with a 57-run stand.
The scores:
Central Zone: S. Joshi c Venugopala b Kalyankrishna 26, F. Fazal c Asnodkar b Sahabuddin 10, S. Khanolkar (run out) 54, M. Mishra st. Naidu b Ojha 12, M. Kaif lbw b Akhil 43, Abbas Ali c Badrinath b Akhil 21, P. Chawla (run out) 17, J. P. Yadav c Naidu b Sahabuddin 15, R. P. Singh c Akhil b Sahabuddin 19, M. Kartik (not out) 21, S. Srivastava (not out) 2; Extras (lb-4, w-7) 11. Total (for nine wkts. in 50 overs) 251.
Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-45, 3-99, 4-127, 5-169, 6-188, 7-192, 8-211, 9-239.
South Zone bowling: Sahabuddin 10-0-39-3, Kalyankrishna 4-0-28-1, Akhil 9-0-52-2, Ojha 10-0-43-1, Rao 7-0-36-0, Laxman 10-0-49-0.
South Zone: B. Rowland b R. P. Singh 70, S. Asnodkar (run out) 10, K. Sahabuddin c Joshi b Srivastava 1, V. V. S. Laxman b Yadav 35, Venugopala c Joshi b Yadav 0, S. Badrinath c Kaif b Yadav 2, A. Yadav c T. P. Singh (sub) b Yadav 10, T. Naidu b R. P. Singh 45, B. Akhil c R. P. Singh b Srivastava 25, D. Kalyankrishna b Chawla 2, P. Ojha (not out) 2; Extras (lb-3, nb-9, w-12) 24. Total (in 45.4 overs) 226.
Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-28, 3-92, 4-92, 5-105, 6-125, 7-147, 8-204, 9-220.
Central Zone bowling: R. P. Singh 8.4-0-41-2, Srivastava 9-0-58-2, J.P. Yadav 10-0-44-4, Kartik 10-0-32-0, Chawla 8-0-48-1.

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